Fire Guts Commercial Building on Alameda Street in Los Angeles: 120+ Firefighters Battle Blaze for Six Hours as Roof Collapses
A commercial building in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, caught fire in the early hours of November 9. Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) spokeswoman Jennifer Middleton said the fire was reported at 1:02 a.m. at 5505 S. Alameda St., near the city of Vernon, and that the first firefighters to arrive found a 100-by-100-foot commercial building fully engulfed in flames.
LAFD Captain Branden Silverman, interviewed at the scene, said the property operated as a flooring company and held a significant amount of combustible material piled high inside, creating what firefighters call a heavy fire load. Propane tanks stored at the property were kept safe and did not become involved, he said.
The fire spread to other structures on the same property and caused the roof of the original building to collapse. According to the LAFD, firefighters operated defensively at the original building while crews entered an adjacent structure to attack the flames aggressively and prevent further spread.
More than 120 firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded, and the blaze was declared knocked down at around 7 a.m. The cause of the fire remains unknown. Authorities have not released information on casualties, a confirmed damage estimate or the number of businesses affected, and it was unclear whether nearby customers lost power. (Source: Los Angeles Fire Department)
Source: Los Angeles Fire Department
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